Monday, October 22, 2012

Sexy Beast (updated)

It appears that the budget is low on this film as Michael is seen wearing the same outfit day in and day out. He looks great in this outfit, but I'm still lukewarm about this project.

Over the weekend, in support of my Theatre of Zen 'variety blog', I went ahead and created a new tumblr account. As you may recall, I killed the FF tumblr back in August, mostly in protest against tumblr for allowing an escape mental patient to create a deranged anti-Michael/Fassinator page. However, the many issues I had with my previous tumblr account also were due to some fandom farts that annoyed me a bit. While I found aesthetic value with the tumblr program, my usage of it just for Michael related topics created a funnel of chaos specific to our fandom that made my enjoyment of tumblr not so much fun.

Basically, I have a lot of interests, which are now reflected at ToZ, that I would like to employ via the use of tumblr once more. Now that my focus at the new tumblr isn't 100% all Fassy, all the time, I can find a variety of entertainment, knowledge, and enjoyment by being much more diverse at tumblr. Imagine having a tumblr that was just all about the color pink, and pink being reblogged, and fights and attitudes breaking out because credit wasn't given for that shade of pink, and this other tone of pink was gently edited to be posted anew while causing the original tumblr'r of that pink to get pissy cuz their pink was stolen and re-pinked without a proper bow. You get tired of the childish pink fandom fighting, so you kill that tumblr. You chill out, focus on more important things, and come back later to create a new tumblr that welcomes a rainbow of colors, including pink. That's what my Theatre of Zen tumblr is about.

Update: This has just been posted from Deadline

New Regency, Ubisoft Team For ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Film With Michael Fassbender

New Regency has made a deal to finance and distribute Assassin’s Creed, the screen adaptation of the Ubisoft vidgame that has Michael Fassbender attached to star. The project was hatched by the game maker’s Ubisoft Motion Pictures division, and the company will have strong creative input as the projects moves into the script stage. Details of the deal were not disclosed, but this is a whopping commitment for a franchise that has sold 37 million games, with the latest installment arriving in stores on Halloween.

“This is the perfect intersection of what we have been trying to do, and that is to work with top quality talent like Michael Fassbender,” said Regency CEO Brad Weston. “We see this as our first big commercial action franchise property. Fassbender just did 12 Years A Slave with us, and he is as good an actor as there is right now. The storyline we are pursuing has a great narrative and because Ubisoft’s games are so character and story driven, Assassin’s Creed lends itself perfectly to our goal to re-brand Regency as a filmmaker driven company.”

Weston said he respected how selective the Paris-based company has been in turning their vidgame properties into features, and said he recalled taking the pilgrimage to Paris six years ago to try coaxing the company to make a deal. Ubisoft Motion Pictures is separately percolating two features based on the Tom Clancy-branded Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon vidgames.

“Ubisoft chose to partner with New Regency because they are a talent- and filmmaker-driven company, with the same independent and creative mindset that we have at Ubisoft Motion Pictures,” said UMP CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet. “Bringing aboard New Regency’s renowned production and distribution expertise while maintaining our own creative and financial flexibility ensures that Assassin’s Creed will be a high-quality film that respects the lore and fans of the video game franchise.”

Vidgame-to-film franchises have been sketchy and are execution dependent. Another Ubisoft game was turned into the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Prince of Persia with Jake Gyllenhaal, and didn’t gross enough to launch a franchise.

Assassin’s Creed has a Highlander-esque mechanism that allows for trips back history. The franchise revolves around Desmond Miles, a bartender who comes from a long line of assassins. After getting to experience their memories, he engages in the family business and attempts to redeem a clan which has been disgraced. He goes back in time to do this. Fassbender, last seen in Prometheus, just reteamed with director Ridley Scott to play the title role in The Counselor with Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz.

9 comments:

Thanks for the update about Assassin's Creed! And I enjoyed your metaphor about the colour pink LOL. Michael is incredibly handsome on these pics, but there's something farfetched, not natural on these pics...I'm curious now to see the movie

I'm very excited about Assassin's Creed, but then again, I'm a fan of many video game to film concepts, even though I'm not a gamer. I like the action and other worldly dystopian plots of these films and AC is going to propel Michael to new and permanent heights!

I am really excited about the AC films. I've learned quite a bit about the games and the whole concept just seems really cool. I agree Simone, the films will propel Michael to new and permanent heights!

I saw a lot of pictures of this Malick film on Tumblr and i don't know how to explain it in english, but they don't seem very natural (maybe the word is farfetched like Émilie said), but it's the first time i follow a film so close, and maybe it's all in my head IDK. As for Assassin's Creed, i'm sure it will be great. I like most of the films that are from games even though the only game i play is A Creed.

Oh I'm so waiting for Assasin's Creed! I really liked Prince of Persia and I almost always am fond of films based on videogames. I think these films are perfect when you want something thrilling and engaging but not overwhelming. I am sure appearance in the film that will be anticipated not only by general Fassinators but the fans of the game itself will help a much broader audience to appreciate Michael's talent.

By the way has anybody heard anything about Michael's role in the film adaptation of The Mountain Between Us? It was announced somewhere around March this year and then all went silent.

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